Productivity Hacks and Insider Advice for Successful Recruiting
Aditi Singh
Recruiters play a vital role in today's workplace.
With the gradual return to prepandemic life and the rising demand for labour, they have a bigger role in locating and employing fresh talent. Recruiters are the key to bringing back the workforce, whether doing virtual or in-person interviews – so how can they recruit more effectively?
Our Field Studies series focuses on the abilities that every world-class recruiter need in areas like as productivity, relationship-building, spotting talent, and looking forward.
From this series, we gathered recruitment and talent acquisition specialists to discuss the productivity hacks — and insider ideas — that help them conduct their best recruiting.
Let's take a look inside to find out what they're hiding.
What are the three most important talents for a recruiter?
There are several best practises that make a recruiter successful, but we wanted to discover which talents are most crucial in this profession.
According to tech recruitment specialist Barbara Lee, "a really great attention to detail, the capacity to move extremely rapidly, and the ability to create connections with people around you — both your hiring managers and prospects" are essential abilities for a competent recruiter.
It's no secret that the recruiting industry is a fast-paced one. Recruiting must frequently be done swiftly, especially in a tight labour market with significant competition for top talent.
A candidate who feels recognised and appreciated by a recruiter will eventually feel a stronger connection to the organisation as a whole, which may be the difference between taking one offer over another.
What is your most effective productivity hack?
In an increasingly virtual work culture, the necessity for recruiters to be productive from home is critical, especially since many workplaces are not completely operational. Although modern technology offers for a pleasant remote work environment, recruiting specialist Emily Mays feels that remote work can be detrimental to productivity.
Having a sense of self-awareness about their particular working style may assist recruiters in making the most of their productivity each day. This insight enables people to arrange their workdays and schedule their time depending on when they are most alert — and to fit in time to unplug and relax.
What is the best question to ask a candidate?
The interview is the crowning achievement of the employment process. It is a recruiter's only opportunity to genuinely get to know a job prospect — both professionally and personally — and ultimately determine if they are a suitable fit for the firm.
A recruiter must be well-versed in the art of asking the proper interview questions in order to make the most of this critical interaction. However, while an interview is frequently used to learn about a job candidate's expertise and accomplishments, talent acquisition specialist Anya Iverova prefers to pose a more unusual question.
Iverova searches for this acknowledgement of failure and the capacity to talk about it honestly during the preliminary interview. Her inquiry allows the applicant to be real and share what happened and what they learnt, rather than just making themselves appear good.
Opening the conversation to discuss failures as well as successes allows a recruiter and a candidate to create a relationship during the interview by creating a safe environment for the applicant to be honest.
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